How long was it before you 'took action'? And how soon after that did you see results?

I have seen the internet marketing hype for about 6 months online until I got convinced to try selling affiliate products. I say almost everyone has lost some valuable time and money finding the right method to make a consistent amount of sales, but as for me it took about 2 weeks to 30 days to get a good idea on how to start making sales.

From typing in 'make money online' or whatever it was to actually taking some action took around 6 months, I suppose 3 months after that I earned my first commission on an affiliate sale and with the odd glitch it has got better and better since then.

The initial wasted six months was due to a lack of confidence and a belief that there was some 'secret' to it all.

I've always been interested in IM, but didn't start until January this year. Took me two months to make my first affiliate sale, which boosted my motivation.

You have to find products you truly believe in, and have used, if you want to be successful.

It seems a lot of people who get into IM or Affiliate Marketing have never tried or bought the product they're selling, which is a path to failure.

I used to be nervous about spending money on new products thinking... What if it doesn't work?! Well, not everything works so I use it as a learning experience. Plus, it's cheaper than going to college. ;-)

Hi Ed Holden and others,

My own story I think more realistically illustrates the truth behind the many lies and hype about making fortunes online.

I suppose I really got serious and started by learning the basics first from Mr Chris Farrell because no body explains how to begin more clearly especially for beginners how to get started than he does in his famous membership which I joined in September 2009 and recently left a few short months ago.

Chris is excellent at getting the basics right and building your first online business on solid foundations BUT in my opinion there is far too much emphasis on FREE traffic and not enough on traffic that you pay for nor enough on traffic in general? No traffic no money!

So I moved on and decided to try other online training how to make money online courses and in my opinion again I think two of the best are Adam Short's Niche Profit Classroom and Felix Kelly and Mike Long's Bring the Fresh which both go into a lot more detail on what's important, which is traffic and website optimization for free page ranking of blogs and sales letters.

I am finally making money online as a result of what I learnt from all three of the above but learning about traffic and SEO and so on is what makes the biggest leap forward.

I never discuss what I earn because that is irrelevant to someone else because results are directly proportional to work completed and too many are not willing to do the work or make the effort vital for sustainable success.:rolleyes:

Regards,

Stephen & Jennifer.

I got my teeth kicked in towards the end of August 2011.

Started my IM site the first day of September.

Released my first PLR product 10/3/11.

Haven't looked back since.

So.... I'd say I was single-minded, focused, and success came rather quickly.

Hope that helps!

One day, or, more precisely; one minute. I was in this business before there was an Internet so when I got on line it was for the sole purpose of further building my business. It still took me a couple months to make my first purely Internet generated money - $10 with Harvey Segal's SuperTips.

I've join Affiliate since 9/2012, but my first sale in 6 months after. It's really hard and take many time and effort of my

Soon as i read about taking my knowledge and sell it in the form of an ebook...i did it...

So from reading to doing it - maybe 7 days.

This was back in 2011. I've put it on CB and had the first sale in about 2 or 5 days after listing.

I heard about affiliate marketing on a CNN article, bought a training on it the same day. Took action the same day and made my first sale in 3 days.

Made close to $300 my first 7 days, $1,000 my first 14 days and $3,000 my first 30 days.

It wasn't long before I was making 6 figures after that.

I would say just stop thinking about it, and just do it already. There is no money made sitting around thinking about it.

I took action immediately when trying to make money on eBay and was making around $300 a month. I wasnt too serious about it.

I jumped in pretty much straight away. Have made many mistakes but all of them have helped me get to where I am today(not the finished article but pretty focused on where I want to be]